gregg: venezuela's president hugo chavez is suffering new complications from cancer surgery according to his vice president who describes his condition as delicate. steve harrigan has the latest live from miami. steve. >> reporter: gregg, hugo chavez has a respiratory infection, this after his fourth cancer surgery for an unnamed kind of cancer inside of cuba. chavez has been very slow to recover. this time around he hasn't been seen in public or heard from in the past three weeks and the condition serious enough for his vice president, nicholas mo tkurbgs rduro to travel with him. he is his hand-picked successor. there is speculation whether he'll be able to attend his inauguration. they hint the inauguration could be delayed or postponed if he is not physically able to make that. the real key is the venezuelan constitution. if chavez does die before that inauguration on january 10th venezuelan officials will be forced to call a new election within 30-days time, gregg. gregg: steve harrigan live in miami, thank you. heather: with just hours remaining until the fiscal cliff deadline,